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Job Chapter 12 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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BBE Job 12:14

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
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DARBY Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
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KJV Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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WBT Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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WEB Job 12:14

Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
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YLT Job 12:14

Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again. Professor Lee thinks that the allusion is to the cities of the plain (Genesis 19:24-29). But the sentiment is so general, that we may well doubt if particular instances were in Job's mind. At any rate, the destructive agencies of nature must be as much included as any supernatural acts. He shutteth up a man (comp. Job 11:10). God "shuts up" men when be hedges them in with calamities or other circumstances, which take away from them all freedom of action (Job 3:23; Job 19:8) When he does this, the result follows - There can be no opening. No other power can give release.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Behold, he breaketh down . . .--God has equal power over the moral and physical world.